WEBVTT SOLEDAD: THE POWER OFMILLENNIALS AND MINORITIES AS AVOTING FORCE GENERALLY TENDS TOFAVOR DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES.BUT THE GROUP NEEDED TOSTABILIZE ANY VOTING MAJORITY ISTHE WHITE NON-COLLEGE EDUCATEDVOTER, THE WHITE WORKING CLASS.NOW, FOUR YEARS AGO, 30% OF ALLVOTERS IDENTIFIED AS BEING PARTOF THE WHITE WORKING CLASS.I NOW THAT'S A LARGE PART OF THEGOP BASE.SO WHAT'S THE BEST STRATEGY TOWIN OVER THE WORKING CLASSWHITE VOTE?SEAN SPICER IS CHIEF STRATEGISTFOR THE REPUBLICAN NATIONALCOMMITTEE.HE'S ALSO ADVISING THE TRUMPCAMPAIGN, AND HE JOINS US FROMTHE TRUMP TOWER IN NEW YORKCITY.NICE TO HAVE YOU, THANKS FORBEING WITH US.SEAN: THANKS FOR HAVING ME.I APPRECIATE IT.SOLEDAD: YOU BET.SO TRUMP WAS IN FLINT, MICHIGANON WEDNESDAY AND HE WAS TALKINGABOUT JOBS OVERSEAS AND POLLSHAVE SHOWN THIS IS RESONATINGAMONG THE WHITE NON-COLLEGEWORKING CLASS VOTEAND EVERY TIME I HEAR IT I THINK, HE IS LITERALLY CONTRADICTINGHIMSELF, RIGHT?BECAUSE WE KNOW IN HISBUSINESSES HE HAS SENT JOBSOVERSEAS.WE KNOW HIS TIES, HIS SUITS, HISHOUSEWARES, THE LIST IS KIND OFLONG, ARE CREATED CHINA, INHONDURAS, IN MEXICO.ISN'T HE BEING COMPLETELYHYPOCRITICAL?SEAN: WELL, NO, BECAUSE I THINKWHAT HE IS TALKING ABOUT IS THEPOLICIES OF THE GOVERNMENT THATREWARD COMPANIES TO DO THAT KINDOF BUSINESS, NOT JUST REWARDTHEM, BUT CREATE A TAX SYSTEMAND REGULATORY SYSTEM THAT MAKESIT EASIER AND CHEAPER TO DOBUSINESS OVERSEAS THAN WANT TODO WORK HERE IN THE UNITEDSTATES.AND SO HE IS TRYING TO SAY THATIF ELECTED PRESIDENT, I WILLADVOCATE AND INSTILL POLICIESTHAT WILL INSURE MANUFACTURINGBASE RETURNS AND CREATE A TAXSYSTEM AND REGULATORY SYSTEMTHAT REWARDS COMPANIES FORSTAYING HERE IN AMERICA CREATINGJOBS.SOLEDAD: I WANT TO ASK YOU AQUICK QUESTION ABOUT THE AUTOPSYBACK IN 2012.I THINK IN THE PAST YOU AND IHAVE SPOKEN ABOUT THIS, THE KINDOF WHY THE REPUBLICANS LOST THEELECTION.IN 2012 THERE WAS A SENSE OFLET'S WALK THROUGH WHAT WENTWRONG.SOME OF THE TAKEAWAYS I'M GOINGPARAPHRASE -- PASS IMMIGRATIONREFORM, LISTEN MORE TOMINORITIES, GAY RIGHTS NOT GOINGAWAY.AND I LOOK AT THIS PAST YEAR ANDI WONDER, IS THE REPUBLICANPARTY BASICALLY JUST GIVING UPON MINORITIES NOW?BECAUSE NONE OF THAT STUFF HASREALLY BEEN DONE.SEAN WELL, NO, ABSOLUTELY NOT.A COUPLE OF THINGS.THAT REPORT HAD OVER 219RECOMMENDATIONS AND ALMOST ONEVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM WE MADESUBSTANTIAL PROGRESS, ESPECIALLYIN THE AREA OF THE GROUND GAMEAND THE DATA AND THAT'S WHY YOUARE SEEING REGISTRATION UP, ANDI THINK THAT'S GOING TO BE HUGEAS WE HEAD INTO THE FINAL 53DAYS.BUT TO YOUR POINT ABOUTMINORITIES, ABSOLUTELY NOT.LOOK AT WHERE DONALD TRUMP WASYESTERDAY, FLINT, MICHIGAN.LOOK WHERE HE WAS LAST WEEK, INA SCHOOL TALKING ABOUT SCHOOLCHOICE, HE WAS IN SUBURBS OFPHILADELPHIA.SOLEDAD: AND THOSE ARE COME ITHINK IT'S FOR TO SAY PHOTO OPS, WITH BROWN PEOPLE, BLACKPEOPLE BEHIND YOU.NO I THINK THAT'S FAIR TO SAY., BUT IF YOU LOOK AT THE POLLINGTHE NUMBERS, HIS APPEAL TO BLACKVOTERS IS TINY.SEAN: REALLY?ONE POLL CAME OUT TODAY THATSAID HE IS AT 19% OF THE BLACKVOTE.THERE WAS ONE THAT HAD HIM AT30LOOK I'LL GIVE YOU THIS -- WENEED TO DO BETTER.WE HAVE TO GO INTO COMMUNITIES,CHURCHES, BUSINESSES,NEIGHBORHOODS WE HAVEN'T BEENGOING INTO TRADITIONALLY ASREPUBLICANS AND TAKE OURCONSERVATIVE MESSAGE ANDSOLUTIONS TO THOSENEIGHBORHOODS.I WILL GIVE THAT TO YOU SIX DAYSA WEEK AND TWICE ON SUNDAYS THATWE HAVE TO BE GOING INTO MOREPLACES AND TALKING TO MOREPEOPLE.NOT JUST BECAUSE IT'S A GROWINSEGMENTS OF THE PREPARATION, BUTFRANKLY, IT IS THE RIGHT THINGTO DO.AND WHAT YOU HAVE SEEN TRUMP DOOVER THE LAST FEW WEEKS IS HAVEEVENTS IN FLINT, PHILADELPHIA,CLEVELAND, AND SUBURBS OF SOMEOF THESE PLACES WHERE THERE ARELARGE MINORITY POPULATIONS.WHOLE ROUNDTABLES WITHHISPANICS.CAN WE DO MORE?ABSOLUTELY.DO WE NEED TO DO MORE?ABSOLUTELY.BUT I THINK THAT WHEN YOU LOOKAT WHAT PAST CAMPAIGNS HAVEDONE, TRUMP IN THE LAST MONTHAS PROBABLY DONE MORE IN TERMSOF OUTREACH THAN A LOT OF THELAST COUPLE CYCLES BIND.SOLEDAD: BUT IF YOU LOOK AT -- SEAN: HOLD ON.IS THAT ENOUGH?NO, WE HAVE TO DO MORE AND MORE.THAT MESSAGE NEEDS TO RESONATE.BUT SOME OF THE POLLS ARESTARTING TO SHOW THAT.ONE POLL CAME OUT TODAY, SHOWINGHE'S NATIONALLY AT 19% OF THEBLACK VOTE.REMEMBER MCCAIN GOT 4% OF THE, BLACK VOTE, ROMNEY GOT 6.WE NEED TO DO BETTER.I GRA YOU I DON'T WANT TO BE, IN SINGLE DIGITS, I WANT TO BEIN HIGH DOUBLE DIGITS BUT EVERYDAY WE MAKE PROGRESS IS GOOD FORTHIS PARTY.SOLEDAD: AT THE SAME TIME YOU'VEALSO BEEN EMPOWERING, RAISINGTHE VOICES OF PEOPLE WHO AREVERY HOSTILE TO LATINOS.PEOPLE WHO ARE VERY OVERLYHOSTILE TO AFRICAN AMERICANS.AT THE EXACT SAME TIME, AND MORETHAN JUST THE PAST FEW WEEKS TOTHE MONTH, OVER THE YEAR?SEAN: WELL, AGAIN, I THINK THEREIS NO QUESTION AND WE CAN AGREETHAT THE PARTY NEEDS TO DOBETTER -- SOLEDAD: BY DONALD TRUMP HIMSELFHAS DONE THAT.THAT'S NOT JUST THE PARTY -- SEAN: LOOK, HE WAS DOWN INMEXICO A COUPLE WEEKS AGOTALKING ABOUT THE IMPORTANTCONTRIBUTIONS MEXICO AND MEXICANPEOPLE HAVE MADE TO OUR COUNTRY,OUR ECONOMY -- SEAN: AFTER CALLING THEMRAPISTS, RIGHT?ITS PROBLEMATIC.SEAN: LOOK, HOLD ON, YOU WANT METO TALK ABOUT OUR PARTYIMPROVING, YOU WANT ME TO TALKABOUT OUR CANDIDATE, I AM.I GIVE YOU THAT.OUR PARTY NEEDS TO BETTER, OURCANDIDATES NEED TO DO BETTER,BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, WEARE DOING BETTER AND WE AREDOING MORE AND I'M PROUD OF WHATOUR PARTY AND CANDIDATES AREDOING TO REACH OUT AND MAKE THISCOUNTRY BETTER.SOLEDAD: SEAN SPICER IS THE

As the national polls show Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton in a dead heat, campaigns are making concerted efforts to put their candidate over the top. According to the polls, Clinton’s problem is with white voters, especially white working class voters. For Trump, one of his biggest weaknesses is with minorities.
Chief Strategist for the Republican National Committee, Sean Spicer, says the Republican Party as a whole needs to improve their efforts to connect with a more diverse audience. According to Pew, 26 percent of Latinos and 11 percent of African Americans identify as Republicans.
“When it comes to reaching out, absolutely, we have to do a better job. We have to go into communities, churches, businesses, neighborhoods we haven't been going into traditionally as republicans and take our conservative message and solutions to those neighborhoods,” Spicer says. “Not just because it's a growing segments of population but it’s the right thing to do.”
###p100-page document includes over 200 recommendations, including improving ground game and increasing voter registration.
It also recommends passing immigration reform, making in-roads with minority groups and coming to terms with marriage equality, all areas in which the Republican party has struggled with this election season.
Throughout his campaign, Trump has come under criticism for offensive comments, from calling Mexicans “rapists” when he kicked off his campaign, to making disparaging comments about women, to insulting the family of Capitan Humayun Khan, to calling into question Sen. John McCain’s bravery as a prisoner of war. His comments seem to affect his polling numbers. Twenty-four percent of Latinos say they will be voting for him and, according to 538’s polling average, two percent of African Americans say they will support the Republican nominee. *
Trump has been seen in the last month adding smaller-scale events to his schedule, joining roundtables with Latinos and visiting Black Churches.
“I think when you look at what past campaigns have done, Trump in the last month has probably done more in terms of outreach than a lot of the last couple cycles combined.”
But will it be enough? Spicer thinks it will.
“McCain got 4 percent of the black vote, Romney got 6. We need to do better. I don't want to be in single digits, I want to be in high double digits but every day we make progress is good for this party,” Spicer says. “Our candidates need to do better, but at the end of the day, we are doing better and we are doing more and I’m proud of what our party and our candidates are doing to reach out.”
Check out our video for Spicer’s response to questions about Trump calling out companies for exporting American jobs while his companies utilize the same practice. See the full interview for more on trade, transparency with personal records and what it means to be a uniter.
*In the interview, Spicer refers to this USC/LA Times daily tracker where Trump received the support of 19 percent of likely African American voters.

Washington, D.C. —

As the national polls show Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton in a dead heat, campaigns are making concerted efforts to put their candidate over the top. According to the polls, Clinton’s problem is with white voters, especially white working class voters. For Trump, one of his biggest weaknesses is with minorities.

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Chief Strategist for the Republican National Committee, Sean Spicer, says the Republican Party as a whole needs to improve their efforts to connect with a more diverse audience. According to Pew, 26 percent of Latinos and 11 percent of African Americans identify as Republicans.

“When it comes to reaching out, absolutely, we have to do a better job. We have to go into communities, churches, businesses, neighborhoods we haven't been going into traditionally as republicans and take our conservative message and solutions to those neighborhoods,” Spicer says. “Not just because it's a growing segments of population but it’s the right thing to do.”

###p100-page document includes over 200 recommendations, including improving ground game and increasing voter registration.

It also recommends passing immigration reform, making in-roads with minority groups and coming to terms with marriage equality, all areas in which the Republican party has struggled with this election season.

Trump has been seen in the last month adding smaller-scale events to his schedule, joining roundtables with Latinos and visiting Black Churches.

“I think when you look at what past campaigns have done, Trump in the last month has probably done more in terms of outreach than a lot of the last couple cycles combined.”

But will it be enough? Spicer thinks it will.

“McCain got 4 percent of the black vote, Romney got 6. We need to do better. I don't want to be in single digits, I want to be in high double digits but every day we make progress is good for this party,” Spicer says. “Our candidates need to do better, but at the end of the day, we are doing better and we are doing more and I’m proud of what our party and our candidates are doing to reach out.”

Check out our video for Spicer’s response to questions about Trump calling out companies for exporting American jobs while his companies utilize the same practice. See the full interview for more on trade, transparency with personal records and what it means to be a uniter.

*In the interview, Spicer refers to this USC/LA Times daily tracker where Trump received the support of 19 percent of likely African American voters.